Is your website showing 509 bandwidth limit exceeded message?

It just indicates that your website traffic is too high that the host cannot allow.

This too has a simple fix, free up some bandwidth always. Usually, we do this by upgrading the hosting plan, reduce file size, allow caching and so on.

At Bobcares, we often get requests to fix website errors, as a part of our Server Management Services.

Today, let’s see how our Support Engineers fix this 509 error on the website.

When does a website show a bandwidth limit exceeded?

Bandwidth is the rate of data transfer. In other words, it is the maximum amount of data transferred in a specified duration of time.

Smaller hosting plans just provide limited bandwidth for the time specified. But, this leads to trouble when the traffic on your website is more than expected. In such cases, the website shows the error 509 bandwidth limit exceeded. And it appears as,

It literally stops users from visiting the website. This is most frustrating as the increased traffic can be profitable.

But its always better to avoid this situation. Let’s see what our Support Engineers recommend.

How we avoid the bandwidth limit exceeded error?

There are a few ways by which we avoid this problem. Here we intend to reduce bandwidth usage.

1. Enable caching using CDN

One of the best solutions for this error is CDN aka Content Delivery Network.

Usually, the browser fetches the website files from the server every time a user makes a request. Actually, this increases the bandwidth usage.

But we can limit this bandwidth usage by enabling caching. And this is where our Support Team makes use of CDN.

Here when the user once visits a website, CDN caches the content. So, when he makes a request again, the data can be easily retrieved from the cache. As a result, it reduces the amount of bandwidth used.

2. Upgrading the hosting plan

Above all, a limited hosting plan can always make a website in trouble. As a result, the website shows the 509 error all times when the bandwidth limit exceeds. But, it’s always better to avoid this.

So, the best way is to upgrade the hosting plan to a higher one. Or when signing up itself, we help customers to choose a package with the right bandwidth limit. For instance, websites expecting too many visitors should have a hosting package with higher bandwidth limits.

3. Managing website files

In addition, website files can take larger space in your bandwidth. In such situations, we recommend compressing these files to reduce their size.

As images take away a larger portion of disk space, image compression tools are the best option to have. Similarly, for file compression, we suggest the use of zip tools.

4. Avoid Hotlinking

Sometimes, a foreign website can purposefully use your website’s bandwidth. Consequently, this can make the bandwidth exhaust. And this is simply termed as hotlinking.

So, our Support Team always enable hotlink protection on websites for better protection.

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Conclusion

In short, the error 509 bandwidth limit exceeded shows up when the allotted website bandwidth is completely used. Today, we saw a few recommendations from our Support Engineers to avoid this problem.